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Need some cool-headed advice about how to deal with my teens' misbehavior
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 366480" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>Change your locks. Don't help difficult child 2 get his license in any way (take him to the test, pay for it, etc). If his dad helps him, you can't do anything about that.</p><p></p><p>Visit your oldest over the holiday weekend. Send easy child to her dad's or your mom's without a set of keys. easy child will have to take everything she needs with her. And have someone you trust come over to feed the fish.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, though, I wouldn't punish easy child overly much for this. I'm sure her brother ran roughshod over her to get what he wanted and there was probably little she could have done. She did the one thing she could do - tell her dad - and that accomplished nothing. So, this really isn't her fault. </p><p></p><p>Your difficult child 2 reminds me a lot of my difficult child 2 (complete with the father situation) and I know how hard it is for my difficult child 2's younger siblings to cope. The older ones are very good at sucking the younger ones in and then putting the blame onto them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 366480, member: 7083"] Change your locks. Don't help difficult child 2 get his license in any way (take him to the test, pay for it, etc). If his dad helps him, you can't do anything about that. Visit your oldest over the holiday weekend. Send easy child to her dad's or your mom's without a set of keys. easy child will have to take everything she needs with her. And have someone you trust come over to feed the fish. Honestly, though, I wouldn't punish easy child overly much for this. I'm sure her brother ran roughshod over her to get what he wanted and there was probably little she could have done. She did the one thing she could do - tell her dad - and that accomplished nothing. So, this really isn't her fault. Your difficult child 2 reminds me a lot of my difficult child 2 (complete with the father situation) and I know how hard it is for my difficult child 2's younger siblings to cope. The older ones are very good at sucking the younger ones in and then putting the blame onto them. [/QUOTE]
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